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... genus Prosoplecta mimics these beetles , having undergone profound modi- fication to achieve the similarity . To simulate the short , rounded form of the ladybirds , the large hind wings of the roaches are rolled and folded in a manner ...
... genus Prosoplecta mimics these beetles , having undergone profound modi- fication to achieve the similarity . To simulate the short , rounded form of the ladybirds , the large hind wings of the roaches are rolled and folded in a manner ...
Page 148
... genus Ophrys . The labellum ( lip ) of the Ophrys flower is a specialized median petal that acts as a dummy female of a species of bee or wasp ( depending on the species of Ophrys ) , the resemblance being so close that males visit the ...
... genus Ophrys . The labellum ( lip ) of the Ophrys flower is a specialized median petal that acts as a dummy female of a species of bee or wasp ( depending on the species of Ophrys ) , the resemblance being so close that males visit the ...
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... genus Monobryozoon , which lives between marine sand particles , a colony con- sists of little more than a single feeding zooid less than one millimetre ( 0.04 inch ) in height . Colonies of the coralline genus of European seas ...
... genus Monobryozoon , which lives between marine sand particles , a colony con- sists of little more than a single feeding zooid less than one millimetre ( 0.04 inch ) in height . Colonies of the coralline genus of European seas ...
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